The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-06-18

OF FRANKLIN county, the Oulk O
them, are for the road. They Sc,
the necessity of it. and they arr
the men that are making the move
Some very close listed" men 0
means are trying to make the poo
man believe. or rather to ''cram i
down his throat. that he has nc
right, not owning property him
self, to vote a tax on those who
have property. That they, being
renters, will have to pay higher
house rent. | will answer this by
saying to the laboring man, de
mand always fixes the price or
every commodity Of trade. When
chickens are brought to town the
extent of the demand establishes
the price. So with every article
in the world, including labor.
Where the market is overstocked
any thing can be had low. You
could not get your houses at the
rents you do nov if your landlord
could get more. If wages become
higher you can afford to pay more
rent. SO this talk is foo.ishness.
Some who know better are tell
ing the poor man he will have to
pay So or 50 year more tithes
than he is now paying; his taxes
on his little house and lot will be
such that he cannot afford to pay
them, and will have to give it for
the taxes; when, at the same time.
they know there is not one grain
Of truth in any such statement,
but they are doing it to deceive
the uneducated. No one pays
one cent more on his head than he
is now paying. He pays but 10
cents on the hundred dollars worth
of property more than he is now
paying.
They are also telling them that
this thing is a regular swindle,
gotten up to make money" when
they know every individual who is
engaged in the enterprise is citi-
zen Of Frankfort. The enterprise
is gotten up by the citizens and
the Board of Trade. Not one sin
gle individual, whether director or
otherwise, ever expects to make
one cent out of it. All they are
doing is for Frankfort and Franklin
county, giving their time and.some
of them their money. Every
dollar voted goes into the road.
On account of the interest |
have taken, some talk to me as if
it was my road. and if they voted
for it they would be doing me
special favor. All the interest
have in it, or ever expect to have
in it, which will be but a few years
at most, is to have outlets for the
product Of our mill, which every
farmer in Franklin should have an
interest in. as we give them COM
petitive market for their grain,
which they can bring in any day
in the year and get cash for, new
er having to wait one hour for
their money-we having the great
trouble of hunting a market, al
most the world over, for the
-four and feed manufactured
from their wheat, the doing of
which has about worn me out.
Farmers of Franklin county,
think seriously. BE not deceived,
no difference where you are locat-
ed in the county, it is your interest
to vote the tax for this road.
There is nothing unreasonable
asked. Every voter, whether he
be rich, poor, or in moderate cir
cumstances, makes money by vot-
ing this tax. 1t is not my interest
to deceive. ask every one to
look beyond the few dollars he has
to pay now and see the result of
his investment, which will belong
to the people of Franklin county,
and be controlled by them in the
future, so far as the road runs in
this county.
John Z. MILES.